BBS: The Documentary - Season 1
1 - Baud
Air Date: May 21, 2005
Baud introduces the story of the beginning of the BBS, including interviews with Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, who used a snowstorm as an inspiration to change the world.
2 - SysOps and Users
Air Date: May 28, 2005
Sysops and Users introduces the stories of the people who used BBSes, and lets them tell their own stories of living in this new world.
3 - Make It Pay
Air Date: June 4, 2005
Make it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight.
4 - FidoNet
Air Date: June 11, 2005
Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.
5 - Artscene
Air Date: June 18, 2005
Artscene tells the rarely-heard history of the ANSI Art Scene that thrived in the BBS world, where art was currency and battles waged over nothing more than pure talent.
6 - HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking)
Air Date: June 25, 2005
HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking) hears from some of the users of "underground" BBSes and their unique view of the world of information and computers.
7 - No Carrier
Air Date: July 2, 2005
No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.
8 - Compression
Air Date: July 9, 2005
Compression tells the story of the PKWARE/SEA legal battle of the late 1980s and how a fight that broke out over something as simple as data compression resulted in waylaid lives and lost opportunity.